This is an analysis of the poem L'Hiver that begins with:

Adieu donc les beaux jours ! Le froid noir de novembre
Condamne le poëte à l’exil de la chambre....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaaXXXXXXXXXbXcddXXeeXXddXXXXXfXeXa gXXXXXhhdfaagcfXXXXXXXXh XXfXXdXdXhXXXX XXXXXXdXXXXXXXXXXiXcXdXXhhXX XXXXXiXXjjXbXXXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,24,14,28,18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111011010 100110011 1110100101 1111011111 111011101110 011111111 11110001100 1011011011 1101101111 100111111 110011110110 11101111110 10111011110 1111011110 111001110 10110111100 111100110110 111011111010 1110110011 10111101011 0111001010011 1101110111111 1111110111010 110110011101 1111001011111111 110010101101 110101111010 011110111111 111110110010 1101100111 110101101100 010001110010 11100011011 1011111001 11110001100 01110001110 11111101001 10001111111 10011111110 111001111011 1101001001 11101011001 1111011100 10011101010 111101101100 01111011110 110111101110 110010110010 11101110010 1101110101 111011100101 110111011 111100110101 1001011100 1110010100110 01101010110 111110111011 11011110011 1110011111 110110111011 1110110001 10111101101 10101111110 10111111010 111001101 11100011010 111010111 10011110010 1011011010 1111011111 1010110101 100111111010 11001001110 111111111 111011110 11101110011 1011100111 11100111 1111110110 1111011101110 0101011101110 111110111 111011110010 111110101011 110101100110 1010100010101 1110011110 111011010 10110011111 10110011100 1111011111111 10100010110 11011011010 11100100111 101110011111 1111001111111 1111110110110 11011011010 10010011100 11111001100 1100111101000 01110011100 1101010100 101100101110 11101010111 10101111101 11010101010 11011111110 1010001001 10100110110 1101110010 100011111010 110001111100 11110110011 1110011101 10011010101 11100011010 1110011110 10111011100 11000111010 111010111010 111010110011 111111011010 11111110101 110011101 10110110010 111100110111 111111111 111110101 101011111 11111111 111011110110 110101111 10101111110 11101111110 01110110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 244
  • Amount of lines: 136
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, l, sous, sans, et, la, les, le, tous, vous, qui, du, pour are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words que, o, les, vous, qui are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines t, e, monde, re, ant, tes, te, moi, s are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of L'Hiver;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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